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Yeah, that one. It's really nice.

I'm back and forth about getting my Zodiac sign done in fire on my left arm.

That wasn't a yes or no question. xd

Ah, which sign would that be? It wouldn't make much sense to get, like, Pisces or Aquarius done in fire. xp
I get confused very easily. razz

I'm getting Leo done in fire. >.>' I happen to be into astrology, and it happens that my other two influencing signs (Rising and Moon) are both Sagittarius and Leo as well. THE FIRE BURNS!

It was all in good fun. "Jesus rose from the dead, therefore he's a zombie, ahahah". Just a joke, even saw it in Cyanide & Happiness a while back. No harm done. And a bunch of my classmates commented on how I look like Jesus cuz of the long hair and beard/stache/goatee thing. It was perfect.

And if you really are seriously offended by it, all I really have to say is, Why? Christianity has nothing against having depictions of your idols like the Muslims do. I mean you wear crosses modeled after the wooden beams to which a man was nailed until he died slowly after days of torture. Hardly less graphic. And does my little joke really in any way hurt anyone? Does seeing that put you in doubt of your faith? If so, you really aren't that faithful in the first place. If you're really faithful in your religion, you shouldn't care what others say about it because that's something you'll face your entire life, people believing things other than you and attacking you for strong belief. I mean, my neighbor forbade her daughter from hanging out with my girlfriend and I on Halloween because of my costume, saying she didn't want her to be exposed to that. Why? Are the faithful supposed to try to spread their religion, "saving" as many people as they can? If so, then people like me are prime targets, and she should be sending her daughter to hang around me as much as possible. What gives? neutral

And at this point, I really hate political correctness. Really. It's impossible not to offend someone. You can say anything as simple as "I like cheese and think people should eat more of it for it's nutritional benefits", and someone can be like "THAT'S INCONSIDERATE, YOU'RE LEAVING OUT THE LACTOSE INTOLERANT PEOPLE AND MAKING THEM OUTCASTS". Just because something's offensive doesn't mean it shouldn't be said. Basically, let me quote a guy on how I think things should be:

"Consider this: you're alone, naked, in the woods. You can do whatever the hell you want because there's no one stop you. You are free. Now enumerate your freedoms: you can say whatever you like, think whatever you like, do whatever you like.

Now, in this same scenario, lets say you mitotically divide and there are two of you. You can say and think whatever you like, however, assuming we're trying to maintain everyone's rights equally, you cannot do whatever you like. You can't stab your twin or choke him or kill him in any way because once he's dead he can no longer think or speak. He's lost his rights. Do you follow me? Calling him, for instance, a "fat sack of s**t" doesn't prevent him from doing anything, or calling you one back. Even if he breaks down and cries he has the right to stop, the right to get up, stop being a little b***h, and tell you off. Now expand this scenario to a country of a few hundred million people. What's the fundamental difference?"

George Carlin once said (close as I can recall): "I believe I have the right to do whatever the hell I want. I also believe that if I do something you don't like, you have the right to kill me for it."

I can appreciate what you mean about political correctness. Everybody has to tiptoe around in case they accidentally offend someone. I say screw that, and screw political alignments, for that matter. To quote another of my favorite modern philosophers (Matt Stone): "I hate conservatives, but I really f**king hate liberals."

*nods*

You're sure you're not a Scandinavian?

You! You look like a Swede or Norwegian smile